Visual and Performing Arts Framework
Objectives for the Lesson

Artistic Perception:
Students observe and record the visual and tactile qualities of the folkart associated with Dia de Los Muertos as shown in postcards, books, slides, artifacts, folkart examples, videos and multimedia presentations.

Students expand their visual arts vocabulary as they observe and use the elements and principles of design in language and visual imagery through a series of guided drawing and sculpture activities.

Students recognize visual structures in both art and the human skeleton and record their impressions through their drawings and sculptures.